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Vibex

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How to get water in frozen wilderness?
« on: December 13, 2013, 07:57:48 am »
Googled around, haven't found a thing. How am I supposed to use frozen rivers as a water source? (I) doesn't seem to cut it, lighting a campfire on a river neither - what do?
Man this game is so frustrating at times.
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Kolnukbyne

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Re: How to get water in frozen wilderness?
« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2013, 07:59:29 am »
Light a camp fire, (U)se your waterskin or the ice in it on the fire. Bam, you've got water son!
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Re: How to get water in frozen wilderness?
« Reply #2 on: December 13, 2013, 09:02:49 am »
Kill some wolves, drink their blood. Make sure you get completely covered in blood, you can use it later. Only the blood over your eyelids can keep you for days.
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Re: How to get water in frozen wilderness?
« Reply #3 on: December 13, 2013, 11:47:40 am »
You can either light a campfire on the bank of the river which should melt some of the ice in a few hours, or you can fill your water skin with snow and (I)nteract with a campfire to melt it into water.
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Vibex

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Re: How to get water in frozen wilderness?
« Reply #4 on: December 13, 2013, 04:00:00 pm »
Quote from: Broken on December 13, 2013, 09:02:49 am
Kill some wolves, drink their blood. Make sure you get completely covered in blood, you can use it later. Only the blood over your eyelids can keep you for days.
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Quote from: Jeremy66 on December 13, 2013, 11:47:40 am
You can either light a campfire on the bank of the river which should melt some of the ice in a few hours, or you can fill your water skin with snow and (I)nteract with a campfire to melt it into water.
OK, sounds more feasible. Thanks for the tip!
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